Thank you Fionnuala Smyth

Storytelling Australia Victoria (SAV) runs on volunteer power. Our committee is small and live in all directions north, south, east and west of Melbourne. We meet once a month via teleconference and several times throughout the year, we gather face to face. 

Fionnuala Smyth hosting Fabled Nights in Newport

We plough through the necessary and not so exciting things like banking, budgets, agendas, minutes and spreadsheets so we can keep the creative pot on the boil. We dream and plan events and activities to keep our members connected and do our best to provide supportive spaces where they can grow their interest and skills at a pace that suits.

We are grateful to the team that keeps us afloat and to those who take on the responsibility of running events.

Fionnuala Smyth has been a member of SAV for only a short while but in that time, despite moving and changing jobs, joined the committee and attended the teleconferences. Insightful, knowledgeable and experienced, we have been lucky to have her on board. Fionnuala, as well as telling wonderful true, fictional original (who can forget her beautiful dragon stories) and traditional tales, hosted Fabled Nights in Newport, Raw Garden Storytelling (when Dee was unavailable) and World Storytelling Day.

Its our loss but Queensland's gain - Fionnuala has moved to Brisbane.

We miss you Fionnuala. Storytellers have a way of keeping the networks strong. I have no doubt we will see you again.

And thank you.

Jackie Kerin (president Storytelling Australia Victoria) and on behalf of the current committee, Kate Lawrence, Durgah Devi Palanisamy, Lana Woolf, Roz Quin, Anna Manuel and Ronda Gault.